THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND BEDIUZZAMAN SAID NURSI BEDIUZZAMAN’S WORKS AS A MODEL FOR PRESENTING ISLAM TO THE WEST
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Symposium Papers - Sempozyum Bildirileri
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1992
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Şükran Vahide was born in Lancashire, England, in 1949. In 1980 she graduated from the Persian Dept, of the School of Oriental Studies in Durham University, and in 1981 she became a Muslim after reading English translations of the Risale-i Nur. Now living in Turkey, Şükran Vahide writes and researches on the Risale-i Nur and its author, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, whose biography she has written. She has translated foremost Sözler (The Words) and many parts of the Risale-i Nur into English. Her published works include: 1. Islam, The West, and the Risale-i Nur (1987). 2. The Author o f the Risale-i Nur, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1992). 3. The Words (trans. 1993).
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